2013 NCAA Football Features

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Game of the Week: Maryland at Florida State

After a Week 1 blowout win over Pittsburgh, 41-13, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston had all but wrapped up the Heisman Trophy. He finished 25-27 for 356 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. To say he had entered the Bill Brasky realm would be an understatement.

Unfortunately for Winston, the college football season and Heisman applications consist of more than just the first week. In the two games that followed, against Nevada and Bethune-Cookman, Winston finished 25-37 for 362 yards with four touchdowns and a pick. However, Winston traveled to Boston College last week and lit up the Eagles for 330 yards with four more TDs and another pick.

Florida State's rush depth is prevalent as four different players have over 100 yards on the ground this season with six different rushers finding the end zone.

The same can be said of the Winston's passing attack as Kenny Shaw, Rashad Greene and Kelvin Benjamin are all in the mix with eight touchdowns between the three of them.

On defense, the Seminoles rank 60th against the rush, allowing over 150 yards on the ground per game, but are fourth in the nation against the pass at 136 yards allowed per game with six interceptions. The 15 points per game allowed ranks 17th in the country.

As for the 4-0 Terrapins, they may be ranked inside the Top 25, but the four teams they beat have a combined record of 5-12 and three of Old Dominion's wins came against Howard, Citadel and Albany.

The good news for Maryland is the team had two weeks to prepare for FSU. Quarterback C.J. Brown is completing over 66 percent of his passes with seven touchdowns and an interception thus far. But the mobile quarterback has also rushed for 283 yards (6.3 YPR) with six touchdowns on the ground. The Terps are 24th in the country in rushing as a team with nearly 227 yards on the ground per game. With FSU's defense struggling against the rush, this is where Maryland can make a case for an upset.

The passing game is pretty simple with Stefon Diggs and Deon Long accounting for over half of the receiving yards with four scores combined.

We could mention how Maryland is 13th against the rush, 14th against the pass and third in points against, but that would circle us back to their first four opponents and strength of schedule.

We simulated the Seminoles and Terps 101 times and it's Florida State winning 71.8 percent of the time by an average score of 26-18.